Danger Lurks In J.D. Vance’s Negotiations with Iran
About this episode
Mark Dubowitz joins Aaron to discuss the complexities and dangers of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire negotiations.
Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of FDD, joins Aaron to discuss the ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. What are the fears surrounding the talks? Where are the two sides close on the proposed ceasefire, and where are they miles apart? What should we look for to indicate how the talks are going? Looming over everything is the question of whether the negotiating table can, at times, be more dangerous than the battlefield. Times: 02:03 Nature of the ceasefire 04:22 Do we have the upper hand? 08:04 Trump vs. Iranian trap 09:31 Iran’s fragile position 11:49 Broader American strategy 14:59 Negotiation demands 18:57 Lebanon factor 22:48 Who is Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf? 27:45 J.D. Vance’s analogy 30:44 Strait of Hormuz 33:03 Recession fears 36:29 Hormuz circumvention 38:05 Battle for Hormuz 39:00 Global chokepoint lessons Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find more content on our School of War Substack
People in this episode
Host: Aaron
Guest: Mark Dubowitz
Topics covered
- ceasefire negotiations
- U.S.-Iran relations
- diplomacy
- geopolitics
- negotiation strategy
Keywords
- ceasefire
- Iran
- U.S.
- negotiations
- J.D. Vance
- geopolitics
- Strait of Hormuz
- diplomacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FDD
Places: Iran, U.S., Strait of Hormuz
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